Georgia Clark Sadler dedicated 29 years of her life of service to the Navy and paved the way for the service of…
Elisabeth Joy (Collura) dedicated 11 years to military service and continues to serve Veterans through unique integrative therapy approaches. Joy…
Eugene Sledge was born in November 1923 in Mobile, Ala. He attended Murphy High School, from which he graduated in the spring 1942…
In 1969, Army Sgt. 1st Class Melvin Morris waded through a blistering firefight in Vietnam to rescue a fallen comrade…
Israel Fuentes was born in July 1945 in Corpus Christi, Texas, to “Mr. and Mrs. Guadalupe V. Fuentes.” They raised 16 children in a…
Benjamin Oliver Davis Sr. joined the military in 1898 as a volunteer in the Spanish-American War and later became the first black…
Donald Foster knew from a young age he wanted to join the military. He grew up in the suburbs of…
David Goldfein was born in 1961. He began his military journey by joining the U.S. Air Force Academy, from which he received…
Beginning March 1, the Veterans Administration is increasing the maximum amount of life insurance coverage available to veterans and service…
Gabriel Kinney was born in Stouts Mountain, a rural Alabama town, in February 1921 to an Irish father and Scottish mother. He…
Col. William “Billy” Mitchell was born in December 1879 in Nice, France, to Harriet Danforth and John Mitchell, who served in…
Navy Chief Commissary Stewart Daniel John Atkins was serving on a ship near Cuba during the Spanish-American War when a…
Larry Richard Dewey was born in Weedsport, N.Y., in February 1946. He attended Jordan-Elbridge High School, where he played basketball…
